title: Foudroyant right heart failure in a 25-year-old female struck by alternating current: a potential role of electric shock in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 50050, Taiwan. Electronic address: ferdielee@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Meng-Luen
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D047548:Defibrillators / Q000009:adverse effects; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D065627:Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Alternating current; Calcium channel blocker; Electric shock; Endothelin receptor antagonist; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Right heart failure